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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of the Sierra Nevada mountains, [s.d.]
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View of the Sierra Nevada mountains, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a view of the Sierra Nevada mountains, [s.d.]. Soil composed of small rocks can be seen across center and lead up to rock-filled mountains in the background. The mountains form a peak at its center, while the base of the mountain is composed of an eroded, lighter-colored smooth rock. Rocks can be seen in the foreground. Photoprint reads: "Sometimes the planet (?) blocks rise to glacial heights. East [...] of Sierra Nevada. Wm. Mullholland".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the Sierra Nevada mountains, [s.d.]
Subject
Mountains
(lcsh),
Mountains
(adlf),
Natural features -- Mountains -- General -- Identified
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Creator
Friend, Hervey
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20740
Identifier
46244 (
accession number
), CHS-46244 (
call number
), CHS-46244 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24749 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20740 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14235 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-2250 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24749
Unique identifier
UC130790
Legacy Identifier
CHS-46244.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.5 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
54.6 cm × 36.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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